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Chicagoan

American  
[shi-kah-goh-uhn, -kaw-] / ʃɪˈkɑ goʊ ən, -ˈkɔ- /

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Chicago, Ill.


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As every normal Chicagoan and baseball fan knows, it was Comiskey Park.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 8, 2026

Since he’s a native Chicagoan, there were the obligatory yuks about deep dish communion and Malört.

From Salon May 10, 2025

As that great Chicagoan Ferris Bueller once noted, "life moves pretty fast", he added.

From BBC Apr. 16, 2025

The Second City-trained Chicagoan is up for his first Emmy, though, as the straightest shooter in the wackazoid cast of “Fargo’s” fifth season: North Dakota state trooper Witt Farr.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2024

In 1871, John Jones became the first black Chicagoan elected to political office.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

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